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FY2005 White Paper on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Educational Reform and Enhancement of the Educational Functions of Communities and Families
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Japan


Contents

Educational Reform and Enhancement of the Educational Functions of Communities and Families

Foreward

Chapter 1   Promoting Educational Reform

Part 1 Basic Approach to Educational Reform
 
1   Current Status of Education
2 Educational Reform Viewpoint
Part 2 Essential Action Plans for Educational Reform
Part 3 How the Fundamental Law of Education Befitting to the New Times should be
 
1   Considering Review of the Fundamental Law of Education
2 The Goal of the 21st Century's Education
3 Aiming for the New Fundamental Law of Education Befitting to the New Times
Part 4 A Trend for Compulsory Education Reform
 
1   Background of Compulsory Education Reform
2 Central Council for Education Report "Redesigning Compulsory Education for a New Era"
 
(1) Overview of Deliberations
(2) School Meetings and Surveys on Attitude for Compulsory Education
(3) Overview of the Report
3 "Local Government Financial Reform" and Future Compulsory Education Reform
Part 5 Progress on Educational Reform
 
1   Efforts to Date toward Promoting Educational Reform
2 Recent Progress of the Central Council for Education

Chapter 2 Enhancing Educational Functions of Communities and Families

Part 1 Current Status and Issues of Educational Functions of Communities and Families
 
1   Current Status and Issues of Educational Functions of Communities
2 Current Status of Education in the Home and Issues for the Support of Such Function
 
(1) Current Status of Education in the Home
(2) Issues for the Support of Education in the Home
3 Deliberations in the Subdivision on Lifelong Learning of the Central Council for Education
Part 2 Approaches to Enhancing Educational Functions of Communities
 
1   Community Educational Functions Revival Plan
2 Support for Creating Safe and Secure Spaces for Children - Collaboration with Adult Members of the Community
 
(1) Spaces for Children Supported by Adult Members of the Community
(2) The Safety and Security of Children Protected by Communities
(3) What We Can Do to Support Children Who Will Create the Future
3 Promoting a New Children's Plan
4 Opening up Classrooms and Other School Facilities
5 Promoting Volunteer Activities in the Community
 
(1) Education to Nurture Emotionally Enriched Japanese Citizens - Importance of Volunteer and Experiential Activities
(2) Establishing Systems for Promoting Volunteer and Experiential Activities, etc
(3) Promotion of Volunteer Activities in the Community
6 Enhancing Educational Functions of Communities through Promotion of Social Education
 
(1) Promotion of New Learning Activities in Social Education
(2) Renewing Methods to Exhibit and Disseminate Social Education
(3) Modality for New Facilities in Social Education - Approaches to Compound Social Education Facilities
7 Improving Educational Functions of Communities through Sports Activities
 
(1) Comprehensive Community Sports Clubs
(2) Youth Sports Associations
8 Improving Educational Functions of Communities through Promotion of Culture
 
(1) Promotion of Local Culture and Education
(2) Promotion of Hands-on Cultural and Arts Activities for Children in the Community
Part 3 Approaches to Enhancing Educational Functions of Families
 
1   Supporting Learning by Each and Every Parent
 
(1) Providing Learning Opportunities for Home Education
(2) Provision of Information About Home Education
(3) Development of Support Methods for Using IT in Home Education
2 Supporting Home Education by the Regional Communities and the Whole Society
Part 4 Cooperation among Schools, Communities and Families
 
1   Participation by Local Residents and Parents/Guardians in School Management
 
(1) School Councilor System
(2) Introduction of the School Management Council System
(3) School Evaluation and Provision of Information
2 Promotion of School Education through Cooperation with Communities and Families
 
(1) Special Part-time Teacher System and Special Certificate System
(2) Period of Integrated Study
(3) Hands-on Activities
(4) Career Education
(5) Foreign Language Education
(6) IT Education
(7) Promoting the Utilization of Sports Instructors
(8) Responses to School Non-attendance and Undesirable Behavior Among Children
(9) Opening of the Discussion Group with NPOs Involved in Activities in the Education and Youth Development Sectors
3 Parenting Support at Kindergartens in Cooperation with Communities and Families
 
(1) Promotion of Parenting Support at Kindergartens
(2) Future Direction for Parenting Support
4 Creating Safe and Secure Schools
 
(1) Efforts to Date toward Promotion of School Safety
(2) Response to Recent Incidents
Reference Q & A
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Index(PDF:30KB)


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